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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Two, what does the author say is one more name for death?
(a) Religion.
(b) Grief.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Time.

2. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?
(a) We run from it.
(b) We barely notice it.
(c) It pulls us toward it.
(d) We need to share it with others.

3. What was the difference between the author's and H.'s sufferings?
(a) They were very different experiences.
(b) There was no difference.
(c) One of them did not suffer at all.
(d) The experiences changed all the time without warning.

4. What did the author's friends call him?
(a) Clive Staples.
(b) C. S.
(c) Jack.
(d) Clive.

5. In the second chapter, what person does the author come to realize he had little confidence in?
(a) H.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) B. R.
(d) The author's children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two, of whom does the author decide he needs to think more?

2. At the very end of the second chapter, to what or whom does the author compare himself?

3. What, if any, were H.'s last words?

4. What kind of understanding did the author have of H.'s dying?

5. How will the author respond to being told the consolations of religion?

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